Romney slams Obama in tough new speech — Mitt Romney used a tough new campaign speech to personally blast the Obama campaign on Tuesday, saying comments earlier in the day from Vice President Biden are “what an angry and desperate Presidency looks like.” — “Mr. President …

Romney: Obama running a ‘campaign of ... hate’ — Mitt Romney leveled his harshest criticism of President Obama's reelection campaign to date in Ohio Tuesday, declaring that Obama should “take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.” — Addressing a crowd of several thousand …

Former Obama campaign co-chair to stump for Romney — (CNN) - A former four-term Democratic congressman from Alabama and one time strong supporter of President Barack Obama will campaign for Mitt Romney Wednesday. — A Romney campaign aide confirms to CNN that Artur Davis will stump …

Dems want debate question barred — Some Democratic lawmakers want to make sure that one question does not get asked at the upcoming first presidential debate - about Simpson-Bowles. — Three Democratic House members objected Tuesday to a request by four senators that President Barack Obama …

Chinatown shooting leaves two wounded — A security guard and a suspect have reportedly been shot in an office building near the heart of Chinatown in Northwest Washington, police say. — MPD officials say the shooting happened in the 800 block of G Street in Northwest, about a block west of the Verizon Center.

Who is Ted Yoho? — The big story from Tuesday's House primaries is the apparent defeat of GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns, who trailed veterinarian Ted Yoho by 829 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting. — Stearns refused to concede late Tuesday night, saying he was awaiting the certified results …

I wish my mother had aborted me | Lynn Beisner — This is no 'I wish I'd never been born' howl of angst. I love my mother, and having an abortion would have given her a better life — If there is one thing that anti-choice activists do that makes me see red, it is when they parade …

Why 90 million Americans won't vote in November — They could turn a too-close-to-call race into a landslide for President Obama— but by definition they probably won't. — Call them the unlikely voters. — A nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll of people who are eligible to vote …

Mitt Romney: Rich taxpayers will pay their share — In a Fortune interview, the Republican presidential candidate lays out his plan for America now and another four years down the road. — FORTUNE — On Monday August 2, Mitt Romney spoke by phone to Fortune's Andy Serwer in New York and David Whitford in Boston.